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Innovativeness of food production enterprises in Wielkopolskie Voivodship... 147celerating implementation of innovations regarding products, technologies, sale, distributionand alike). They have understood that regulating processes, improvement activities,better communication with external organizational units (reached due to quality systems)intensify invention which is the beginning of any innovation.The company does not cooperate with national scientific units or any other companiesfrom its sector. It only utilizes internal resources of its group of companies in the processof implementing innovations.CONCLUSIONSAll analyzed enterprises carry out an innovative activity and have implemented atleast one quality control system. An innovative activity positively influences their functioning.It contributes to greater diversification and quality of products, increase in salesand entering new markets, and increased flexibility of production processes.Quality management systems help to shorten the time necessary for development andimplementation of innovations mainly by regulating processes, implementing improvementmeasures and drawing up responsibility.Half of the analyzed enterprises cooperate with the science sector or other enterprises.Such cooperation is mainly triggered by the lack of their own technical knowledge andno research infrastructure, deficit of experience, incomplete knowledge of market needsand customers.Another reason for taking up innovative activity was to keep or decrease the distancefrom competition and to increase profits.The above conclusions prove the positive correlations between the innovative activityand the quality management systems.REFERENCESChesbrough H., 2003. Open Innovation: The Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology.Harvard Business School Press, Boston Mass.Deming W., 1982. Quality, Productivity and Competitive Position. Cambridge Mass.Douglas T.J., Judge W.Q., 2001. Total quality management implementation and competitive advantage:the role of structural control and exploration. Academy of Management Journal,44(1), 158–169.Drożdż J., 2009. Liderzy przetwórstwa produktów zwierzęcych. Przemysł Spożywczy, zeszyt 3,Warszawa, s. 3.Goszka W., Bałdyga A., 2008. Zarządzanie jakością a innowacyjność przedsiębiorstwa, [w:] Innowacjei innowacyjność w sektorze agrobiznesu. Wydawnictwo SGGW, Warszawa, 329.Herrmann R., 1997. The Distribution of Product Innovation in Food Industry. Agribusiness, 13(3),319–334.Martinez-Costa M., Martinez-Lorente A.R., 2008. Does quality management foster or hinder innovation?An empirical study of Spanish companies. Total Quality Management, 19(3–4)209–221.Mokhtar S.S.M., Yusof R.Z., 2010. The influence of top management, process quality managementand quality design on new product performance: A case of Malayasian manufacturers.Total Quality Management, 21(3–4), 291–300.Oeconomia 10 (1) 2011